The Stock Trade Blotter now has an "unwind" feature which allows users to account for P&L as "unrealized" (current position) and "realized" (e.g., short [sell] interim trades against an original long [buy] position).

04 Mar 2020 12:00 AM

Custom News & Video

The "Custom News & Video" module has been supplanted by the "News" group (relocated from the home page).

The "SEC Filings" tear sheet has been added which contains reported financials for stocks (no ETFs).

06 Feb 2020 3:00 PM

Registration

Recently, we discovered that users were unable to register for a ZooNova account (due to an updated 3rd-Party extension). The problem has been rectified, and we apologize for any inconvenience.

06 Feb 2020 12:00 AM

Balance Sheets

The "Income Statements" tear sheet has been renamed to "Income/Balance," and now contains additional cash flow fields, balance sheets, and stock splits.

17 Jan 2020 12:00 AM

Price Target Tear Sheet

A Price Target tear sheet was added for stocks and ETFs.

23 Dec 2019 12:00 AM

Website Update

Today a Sector Performance widget was added which ranks sectors by percent change for the trading day.

18 Dec 2019 12:00 AM

Website Update

Today a Commodity Watch widget was added which displays major energy indicators.

17 Dec 2019 12:00 AM

Website Update

Today an Economic Watch widget was added which displays major US economic indicators.

11 Dec 2019 12:00 AM

Website Update

Today the real-time widgets for the home page and dashboard were updated to be more stable and performant.

11 Nov 2019 12:00 AM

Crypto Widget

A real-time widget for crptocurrency was added to the home page and dashboard.

17 Oct 2019 12:00 AM

Ownership TS, Income TS

Tear sheets for Ownership and Income Statements were added.

08 Sep 2019 12:00 AM

Insider Transactions TS, Sentiment TS

Tear sheets for Insider Transactions and Social Sentiment were added.

11 Aug 2019 12:00 AM

Earnings TS, IPO TS

Tear sheets for Earnings and Initial Public Offerings were added.

15 Jun 2019 2:29 PM

Yield Curves

NOTE: ZooNova now uses IEX Cloud for yield curve data: It is currently limited to "USA" with other curves updating as they become available.

15 Jun 2019 12:00 AM

Introducing IEX Cloud

NOTE: ZooNova has migrated from the IEX API (now depricated) to "IEX Cloud" for market data: The transition has been involved and we appreciate our users' understanding as we continue to refine our system.

24 Apr 2019 12:00 AM

Site Availability

In order to be even more peformant, Zoonova® has scheduled a major hardware upgrade. Times (in EDT) of possible availability issues include:

24 Apr 2019, 01:00 am — 24 Apr 2019, 07:00 am

24 Apr 2019, 10:00 pm — 25 Apr 2019, 07:00 am

25 Apr 2019, 04:30 pm — 25 Apr 2019, 08:00 pm

We apologize for any inconvenience.

06 Mar 2019 12:00 AM

Portfolio Health Report

A Portfolio Health Report had been added that combines multiple tear sheets into a print-friendly report.

07 Nov 2018 12:00 AM

EW Optimization

Portfolio optimization using combinations of models (Expected Return, Estimate of Covariance, Objective Functions) has been added under "EW Optimization," and support mixed long/short optimized positions.

27 Oct 2018 9:40 AM

FX Rates

It was discovered that the FX Rates data source provided by Quandl was deprecated without notice. These quotes have since been re-sourced and are updated hourly.

10 Oct 2018 12:00 AM

Monte Carlo Simulation Tear Sheet

A "Monte Carlo simulation" tear sheet for individual stocks and portfolios has been added as "MC."

25 Sep 2018 12:00 AM

Stress Test Tear Sheet

A "stress test" tear sheet for individual stocks and portfolios has been added as "SX."

30 Aug 2018 12:00 AM

Financials Tear Sheet

A "financials" tear sheet for individual stocks has been added as "FN;." financial data is provided by IEX.

26 Aug 2018 12:00 AM

Key Stats Tear Sheet

A "key stats" tear sheet for individual stocks has been added as "KS;" statistics data is provided by IEX.

23 Aug 2018 12:00 AM

Peers Tear Sheet

A "peers" tear sheet for individual stocks has been added as "PR;" peer data is provided by IEX.

12 Aug 2018 12:00 AM

Performance Tear Sheet

A "performance" tear sheet for individual stocks and portfolios has been added as "PF."

05 Aug 2018 12:00 AM

Ratios Tear Sheet

A "ratios" tear sheet for individual stocks and portfolios has been added as "RA."

15 Jul 2018 12:00 AM

Charts Tear Sheet

A "charts" tear sheet for individual stocks and portfolios has been added as "CH."

09 Jul 2018 12:00 AM

Black-Litterman Optimization

Black-Litterman portfolio optimization, using modern portfolio theory (MPT) or mean-variance analysis, has been added under "BL Optimization."

15 Jun 2018 12:00 AM

Monte Carlo Optimization

Monte Carlo portfolio optimization has been added under "MC Optimization."

09 Jun 2018 12:00 AM

Subscription Changes

The Zoonova® PRO subscription will soon increase to $35 per month ($420 single annual charge).

07 Jun 2018 12:00 AM

Statistic Tear Sheet

A "statistic" tear sheet for stocks and portfolio has been added as "ST."

03 Jun 2018 12:00 AM

Correlation Clustering

Correlation clustering and a covariance matrix, including a "heat map" has been added under "Cor Cluster."

08 May 2018 12:00 PM

Zoonova.com has adapted Anaconda as an internal Python-based tool for mathematics, science, and engineering.

Anaconda is the foundation of millions of Python-based data science projects, and includes many complex data science and machine learning packages like SciPy. ZooNova.com now offers hierarchical stock portfolio correlation clustering.

01 Mar 2018 12:00 AM

Zoonova.com now includes a Multi-Factor Model for Factor Analysis in their Cross-Asset Portfolio Web App. Aligning with Innovation and Disruption to Level the Playing Field in Financial Markets

Zoonova.com now offers Factor Analysis using the Fama French 5 factor model and the ability to add a sixth-factor Momentum (MOM)...Full Article

05 Oct 2017 12:00 AM

Subscription Changes

We have updated our subscriptions by merging the former "Gold" package into the "Platinum" package, and renamed it "Professional." We have also limited the subscription terms to one (1) or two (2) years (terms over one year are discounted).

21 Sep 2017 12:00 AM

Stock Widget Changes

We have updated the home-page stock widget to include a vast number of statistics, both provided by the exchange and calculated by Zoonova (e.g., β). As well, guest and user "Picks & Forecast" graphs have been replaced with "Top 5" charts showing supported stocks with the highest and lowest calculated indicators.

18 Sep 2017 12:00 AM

New Stock Widget

Zoonova is pleased to announce a new home-page stock widget powered by IEX which lists the top 'n' stocks (by volume) from a user-selectable list of sectors. It also provides users with custom watch lists. Note that Zoonova now uses EFTs as stock benchmarks: "SPY" (S&P 500) by default.

06 Sep 2017 12:00 AM

Update

Zoonova® is proud to announce real-time stock quotes, courtesy of IEX. As well, stock Beta calculation has changed for improved accuracy: 1 year of weekly quotes (52 points) instead of 2 years of monthly quotes (24 points). And as a courtesy to our users and visitors, we now offer real-time "stock watch" and "breaking news" features to the home and dashboard pages.

23 Feb 2017 12:00 AM

Subscription Changes

Zoonova has modified its "freemium" business-model: In addition to its FREE "Basic" package, it has created "Gold" and "Platinum" (formerly "Executive") premium subscriptions. Basic users will enjoy standard site functionality and basic asset calculators; Gold users will enjoy all the benefits of the Basic package and all cross-asset calculators; Platinum (formerly "Executive") users will enjoy all the benefits of the Gold package along with all portfolios and our amazing Dashboard. New users will automatically receive a 7-day "Platinum" trial. Currrent "Executive" users have been updated to "Platinum&quot. Other existing users will receive a 2-week trial of the appropriate package (beginning at sign-in).

Zoonova has updated its "freemium" business-model, adding a premium "Executive" subscription to its FREE "Basic" package. Existing users will continue to enjoy standard site functionality and all cross-asset calculators ("Basic") - along with a 2-week trial of the "Executive" subscription (beginning at sign-in). New users will receive a 3-day "Executive" trial. We thank the many users who have made our site so popular - and who continue to support this endeavor. For more information, visit the Subscriptions & Settings page.

21 Sep 2016 11:00 AM

Instrument Modules

It was discovered that the "On-The-Fly" (OTF) currency conversion was not working properly. Although this affected the user experience, it had no bearing on pricing or management-related operations. This appears to be corrected, or will be subsequently corrected without further notice.

06 Sep 2016 4:00 PM

Bonds

It was discovered that after the recent application update, the Rate Risk feature of Bonds generated a server error 500 which potentially crippled all Bond Modules and Dashboard containing bonds. This appears to be corrected.

06 Sep 2016 12:00 AM

FX Calculator

Zoonova® has added FX (forex, foreign currency) to its collection of calculators. It supports a spot trade, an option, or both. Look for the FX Portfolio, coming soon...

19 Jul 2016 12:00 AM

CDS Portfolio

Zoonova® has added Credit Default Swap (CDS) to its portfolios.

13 Jun 2016 12:00 AM

ZOONOVA®, the Most Powerful Financial Web App

ZOONOVA® is pleased to announce the latest release for 2016 includes the integration of Mean-Variance Optimization or Portfolio Optimization. Now you can do your own robo optimization on any stock portfolio or cross-asset portfolio with unlimited positions... (full article)

09 Jun 2016 12:00 AM

CDS Calculator

Zoonova® has added Credit Default Swap (CDS) to its collection of calculators. Look for the CDS Portfolio, coming soon.

14 Apr 2016 12:00 AM

Stock Portfolio Optimization (MPT/MVO)

Zoonova® has added Stock Portfolio Optimization to the stock calculator, portfolio – and portfolio dashboard. This feature uses Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT, a.k.a. Mean-Variance Optimization) to assemble a portfolio with a given minimum risk. New fields include the Sharpe Ratio for a stock portfolio.

30 Mar 2016 12:00 AM

Bond "Rate Risk" & Swap "Credit Adjustment (CVA)"

Zoonova® has added "Rate Risk" to all Bond modules. Similar to Swap "Credit Adjustment (CVA)," this addition provides users with even more quant-grade analytics.

18 Mar 2016 12:00 AM

Zoonova® Selected as 2016 Benzinga Fintech Awards Finalist

Zoonova&reg was selected as an official finalist for the 2016 Benzinga Fintech Awards: A competition to showcase the companies with the most impressive technology, who are paving the future in financial services and capital markets.

01 Mar 2016 12:00 PM

Datafeed

ORATS, our option datafeed provider, encountered a network issue on the night of 29 Feb 2016 which affected certain datasets. This in turn called attention to an issue with our datafeed engine which prevented it from properly triggering updates in the GUI (i.e., daily rather than hourly). The latter has been corrected while we are working with the vender closely on the former.

26 Feb 2016 12:00 AM

Swap Portfolios

Zoonova® has added portfolios for fixed-floating and "basis" (floating-floating) swaps.

Zoonova® has added a fixed-floating swap calculator to its collection of financial calculators. A Swap is an agreement between two parties (known as counterparties) where one stream of future interest payments is exchanged for another based on a specified principal amount.

09 Jan 2016 12:00 AM

Chat Module

Zoonova® has added a user "chat" module to allow users to communicate with each other in real-time regarding this site, its tools or related content. It is an excellent platform to both ask and answer questions.

22 Dec 2015 12:00 AM

Alternative Investment Module

Zoonova® updated its website, adding a new "Alternative Investement" module: This module supports multiple portfolios of multiple "trades" (a "trade" being any holding which can be monetized). In addition, several cosmetic changes have been made including the ability to view yield curve graphs in fixed income modules. Finally, data interfaces were redesigned to "self-heal", meaning that default data will be automatically created for users whose accounts are missing it: This should improve the user experience.

08 Dec 2015 12:00 AM

Update

Zoonova® updated its website technologies to include .NET 4.6, MVC 5, and EF 6: Consequently the site was off‑line for several hours.

22 Oct 2015 12:00 PM

Zoonova®, the Most Comprehensive Finance and Business Web Application, Now Offers Quandl Market Data for Stocks, Options, Yield Curves, and FX. Level the Playing Field.

In an attempt to help new registered users become familiar with our advanced tools in an intuitive and organic way, Zoonova® has restructured its data layer to provide pre-configured trades and settings upon registration.

03 Aug 2015 1:09 PM

Save All

This morning it was discovered that not all portfolio modules'' "Save All" buttons were firing the associated event in response to user clicks. This has been remedied.

31 Jul 2015 12:00 AM

Quandl

ZOONOVA® now offers a combination of public and premium data from Quandl for the home page "ticker" and instrument/portfolio pricing.

27 Jan 2015 6:28 PM

MSN Money Search

MSN Money was added to the home page as an alternative to Google Finance and Quandl: use is currently limited to stock details.

26 Jan 2015 1:14 PM

Custom Dashboard Views

A feature has been added allowing users to manage (create, update, delete) their own custom dashboard "views."

16 Oct 2014 1:00 PM

SSL 3.0 Issue

The SSL 3.0 security protocol has recently been shown to be vulnerable to a padding-oracle (a.k.a. "POODLE") attack (see arstechnica.com). For the security of our users, Zonova has discontinued use of SSL 3.0 (in favor of TLS) and recommends they update their browsers as necessary.

16 Oct 2014 12:00 PM

Portfolio "Dashboard"

A "Dashboard" feature has been added to this site. The Portfolio Dashboard is a uniform view for selected deals across a user''s portfolio and offers both a view and calculation aspect.

07 Jun 2014 12:00 PM

Multiple Portfolios

A "Portfolio of Portfolios" (POP) feature has been added to this site. This feature allows users to create and manage multiple portfolios of trades within each portfolio-type module. As a result of this addition, all default portfolios have been named "My Portfolio" and can be renamed within the appropriate editor.

07 May 2014 1:27 PM

Quandle Search

The Quandl data platform was added to the home page as an alternative to Google Finance.

02 May 2014 12:00 PM

Curve Persistence Issue

Modules affected: All bond/note calculators and portfolios. The curve selection for bond deals was not being retrieved correctly on initial load and so defaulted to the first available. This issue has been fixed and we apologize for the inconvenience.

29 Apr 2014 11:42 AM

Registration Issue

On Saturday, 29 Apr 2014, it was discovered that new users were not able to register accounts. The problem is believed to be related to the use of Google reCAPTCHA. CAPTCHA ("Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart") attempts to prevent abuse via "automated" registration. In addition, users also complained of difficulty in reading the visual cues. Therefore a new algebraic CAPTCHA has been implemented to address both these issues.

It was discovered that IIS was serving users the internal test site rather than the production site. This caused the charts to appear sparse and may have prevented new users from registering. This issue has been fixed and we apologize for the inconvenience.

10 Mar 2014 12:00 PM

ZOONOVA trademark registered with USPTO

On 18 February 2014, the trademark of ZOONOVA was registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO"), No. 4,486,152.

18 Oct 2013 12:00 PM

Introducing a New Paradigm: Zoonova.com

Disruptive Innovation (n) An innovation that helps create a new market and value network, and eventually goes on to disrupt an existing market and value network, displacing an earlier technology (Wikipedia)… (full article)

Altaira has applied [for], and received, a "Patent Pending" for their new Zoonova website. Zoonova is an interactive financial website that runs [on all web–enabled devices including phones], tablets, laptops and [PCs]… (full article)

12 Apr 2012 12:00 PM

Altaira Acquires Source Code

Altaira LLC purchased the trademark names "Alpine," "Targa" and "Telemark," U.S. Copyright Registration TXU1-650-521, including all documents deposited with the U.S. Copyright Office in connection with the Copyright Registration, and all rights, title and interests to the Alpine System and Theoretics computer source code from Risktimetry LLC.